. remember, the power in america lies where it always does, in your hands, the hands of the people. it s election day in america. the only thing that could get you singing at 5 a.m. i am a little delirious. it s 5 a.m. good morning, everybody. how are you doing? i m excited to see what happens today. me, too. we talk so much about the speculation, the day before the mid-terms is the worse and now we find out what s decided. this is a marathon. we re going to be here for a long time so get used to our faces, everybody. thanks for joining us. polls begin to open in less than 2 hours. 435 house seats and 35 senate seats are on the line. so, too, is democracy. with election deniers poised to win key races or refuse to accept losses. cnn reporters are on the ground in the key battleground states this morning and here in the studio, our team has our eyes all over these critical races as well. americans are not just choosing candidates today. they re also weighin
embracing its worst impulses? when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today, the general six committee released brand-new video, showing just how reluctant donald trump was to condemn the violent insurrection incited. now, remember of course it took trump hours to publicly denounced the violence, and tell them up to go home. three plus hours when he finally did so, he released this truly deranged video message from the rose garden. i know your pain. i know your hurt. we had an election that was stolen from us. it was a landslide election, and everyone knows it, especially the other side. but you have to go home now. we have to have peace. we have to have law and order. we have to respect our great people and law and order. we don t want anybody hurt. it s a very tough period of time. it s never been a time like this, where such a thing happened, where they could take it away from all of us, from me, from you, from our country. this
good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today, the january 6th committee released brand-new video, showing just how reluctant donald trump was to condemn the violent insurrection he incited. now, remember of course, it took trump hours to publicly denounce the violence, and tell them up to go home. three plus hours when he finally did so, he released this truly deranged video message from the rose garden. i know your pain. i know your pain. i know your hurt. we had an election that was stolen from us. it was a landslide election, and everyone knows it, especially the other side. but you have to go home now. we have to have peace. we have to have law and order. we have to respect our great people and law and order. we don t want anybody hurt. it s a very tough period of time. there s never been a time like this, where such a thing happened, where they could take it away from all of us, from me, from you, from our country. this was a fraudulent election but, we
ryan, the democrat. he s the congressman versus j.d. vance, the republican. he s the author of hill bbilly elegy. democrats, if they can flip this, this would be a massive upset. tim ryan thinks he s going to, quote, shock the world. very optimistic outlook. this has been a closer than expected race. especially considering it is a red state that trump won in 2022. republicans have had to spend money and resources here. tim ryan has been able to raise a ton of money even without the help of the national republican party. a big part of that reason is that he has been a really good messenger on the economy for democrats. he has leaned into the economic pain that voters are feeling. he s talking about bringing manufacturing jobs back and he s also been a fighter. he s gone up against j.d. vance. he s tried to tie him to donald
trump. meanwhile, j.d. vance, he s someone that s trying to make tim ryan into the wanna be republican and saying he s not actually a moderate. he s trying to run as a republican even though he is a democrat. for j.d. advance, talking about inflation, talking about the border and making donald trump a key part of his strategy as well. the former president was here in ohio as well rallying for j.d. vance. j.d. vance was a one time never trumper. it s interesting. tim ryan message has been consistent for a long, long, time. jobs, economy. jobs, economy, manufacturing. it is this issue of this race as we ve seen from all the polls. melanie, thank you from columbus. all right. turning now to where voters are going to be casting their ballots in critical races in pennsylvania. kate bolduan is live in bensalem, pennsylvania. kate, the final closing hours. we got a lawsuit from one of the